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A nomogram for interpreting slope stability of fine-grained deposits in modern and ancient-marine environments.
Design of the nomogram is based on effective stress and combines consolidation theory as applicable to depositional environments with the infinite-slope model of slope-stability analysis. The link between the two combined theories is a term representing the effective overburden stress, which may be predicted from consolidation theory and a knowledge of sedimentation rate, time, and the coefficient
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J.S. Booth, D.A. Sangrey, J.K. Fugate
The role of erosion by fish in shaping topography around Hudson submarine canyon.
An 800-km 2 area of rough topography around the head of Hudson Canyon off the eastern United States is attributed to erosion by tilefish ( Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps ) and associated species of crustaceans. The rough topography has a relief of 1-10 m, occurs in water depths of 120-500 m, and has been cut into a semilithified, silty clay substrate since the onset of the Holocene transgression. C
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D. C. Twichell, Craig B. Grimes, R. S. Jones, K.W. Able
Elemental X-ray mapping of agglutinated foraminifer tests: A non- destructive technique for determining compositional characteristics.
The composition of agglutinated foraminiferal tests vary remarkably in response to local substrate characteristics, physiochemical properties of the water column and species- dependant selectivity of test components. We have employed a technique that combines a scanning electron microscope with an energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer system to identify major and minor elemental constituents of agg
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R.F. Commeau, Leslie A. Reynolds, C. W. Poag
Segmentation of mid-ocean ridges
Studies of mid-ocean ridges in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans show that the volcanism that forms the oceanic crust along the spreading-plate boundaries is concentrated at regular intervals related to spreading rate. This observation and a new calculation for a Rayleigh-Taylor type of gravitational instability of a partially molten mantle region growing under spreading centres yield reasonable est
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Hans Schouten, Kim D. Klitgord, J.A. Whitehead
Deposition of anal-sac secretions by captive wolves (Canis lupus)
Deposition of anal-sac secretions by captive wolves was investigated by a labelling technique using protein-bound iodine125 and food dye. Wolves deposited secretions on some but not all scats. Adult males, especially the alpha male, deposited anal-sac secretions more frequently while defecating than did females or juveniles. Secretions sometimes also were deposited independently of defecation, sug
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C.S. Asa, E.K. Peterson, U. S. Seal, L. D. Mech
Post-spawning mortality of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) associated with Lactobacillus
A Lactobacillus sp. was consistently isolated from dead and moribund postspawning brood stock rainbow trout. Pathology was characterized by massive chronic inflammation throughout the abdominal cavity and formation of pseudomembranes. The bacteria were most abundant in spent testes. Repeated handling was considered to be the major stressor leading to this infection and subsequent high mortality.
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R. L. Herman, K. McAllister, G. L. Bullock, E. B. Shotts
Secondary poisoning of Franklin's gulls in Texas by monocrotophos
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D. H. White, E. J. Kolbe
Effects of pelletized anticoagulant rodenticides on California quail
A moribund, emaciated California quail (Callipepla californica) that was found in an orchard in the state of Washington had an impacted crop and gizzard. Pellets containing the anticoagulant chlorophacinone (Rozol, RO) were in the crop; the gizzard contents consisted of a pink mass of paraffin that was selectively accumulated from the paraffinized pellets. The plasma prothrombin time of 28 sec was
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L. J. Blus, C. J. Henny, R. A. Grove
Comparative sensitivities of diagnostic procedures used to detect bacterial kidney disease in salmonid fishes
Kidney and spleen homogenates from each of 60 coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri) were examined for detection of Renibacterium salmoninarum. The proportions of positives differed widely with the detection procedures used: in coho salmon, 5% were positive by the Gram-stain procedure, 10% by the direct fluorescent antibody test, 48% by bacteriological isolation,
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R.C. Cipriano, C.E. Starliper, J. H. Schachte
Yohimbine hydrochloride as an antagonist to xylazine hydrochloride-ketamine hydrochloride immobilization of white-tailed deer
Thirteen captive and one free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were immobilized one to six times each with ketamine hydrochloride and xylazine hydrochloride during winter and spring in northern Minnesota. Administration of 0.09 to 0.53 mg of yohimbine hydrochloride per kg IV after each trial reversed the immobilization. The deer raised their heads within a median time of 2.0 min,
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L. D. Mech, G. D. DelGiudice, P.D. Karns, U. S. Seal
Viral diseases of fish: first report of carp pox in golden ide (Leuciscus idus) in North America
Carp pox, a putative viral disease exotic to North America, occurred in golden ide 1 yr after the fish were imported into the United States from the Federal Republic of Germany. The raised, white, plaque-like lesions, which occurred on about 5% of the fish, healed spontaneously and caused no mortality. Electron micrographs showed herpesvirus-like particles associated with lesion specimens; however
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P. E. McAllister, B. C. Lidgerding, R. L. Herman, L.C. Hoyer, J. Hankins